News Five New Editors Added to Oversee Bitcoin Improvement Proposals After public discussion, Bryan “Kanzure” Bishop, Jon Atack, Mark “Murch” Erhardt, Olaoluwa “Roasbeef” Osuntokun, and Ruben Somsen have been made BIP editors.
News EU Parliament Adopts New Financial Surveillance Rules for Service Providers The EU Parliament approved a new AML package that will come into effect in 3 years. The new rules contain enhanced customer surveillance measures for financial institutions and EU wide limit of 10000 EUR on cash payments for obligated entities.
News Samourai Wallet Founders Arrested & Charged with Money Laundering, Unlicensed Money Transmitting Offenses U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Prosecutors are alleging Samourai Wallet laundered over $100 million in criminal proceeds.
News El Salvador's Chivo Wallet Source Code & VPN Access Leaked Hacker group CiberInteligenciaSV leaked snippets of Chivo wallet's source code and VPN access information.
News Block Announces 3nm Bitcoin Mining Chip & Development of Full Bitcoin Mining System Block unveiled plans to offer both a standalone 3nm Bitcoin mining chip, and a comprehensive mining system developed by the company, with contributions from the mining community.
News Africa Bitcoin Conference 2024 to Take Place on December 9-11 in Nairobi, Kenya "We are thrilled to host the third edition of the Africa Bitcoin Conference in Nairobi, Kenya," said Farida Nabourema, convener of the Africa Bitcoin Conference.
News OpenSats Receives $1M Donation From The Reynolds Foundation "We are delighted to announce that the Reynolds Foundation is supporting OpenSats with a very generous donation of $1,000,000," announced OpenSats, a non-profit dedicated to supporting developers working on free and open source freedom tech projects.
News Biden Signs Reauthorization of Expanded FISA 702 Warrantless Surveillance Program After It Passes Senate Section 702 has been reauthorized, not just without any meaningful reforms but also with 'dramatic and terrifying' expansions of the US government surveillance authority.
News AntPool & Bitmain Acting as 'a Pool of Pools' - Report "AntPool/Bitmain is essentially a pool of pools. This is causing mining centralization," reports 0xB10C.
News US Government Rejects Calls To End Assange Case, Submits 'Non-Assurances' For Extradition "Rather than drop the charges or seek a plea deal, the U.S. government will keep fighting to put the WikiLeaks founder on trial," reports The Dissenter's Kevin Gosztola.
News Craig Wright Discontinues Tulip Trading Case in Major Win for Bitcoin Developers Craig Wright has ceased a lawsuit initiated by his holding company, Tulip Trading, against 12 Bitcoin developers and other individuals in the UK High Court.
News India Bitcoin Conference 2024 To Take Place on September 20-22 in Goa "The largest democracy on the planet is open and ready for Bitcoin and we have laid the groundwork for Bitcoiners to lead the way," announced the conference organizers.